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Trying new things as an adult is scary, improvisational and healthy.
Moving out of one's comfort zone is hard especially as a single mother. But Columnist Leslie Streeter is learning the benefits of it.
Leslie Gray Streeter performs with Baltimore Improv Group’s Thomas Dotsry in November 2024.
Reality TV will not save the world, but it’s saving my sanity
Sure, "Dancing With the Stars," "Survivor" and "Golden Bachelor" are trash reality TV. But bring on the vapid escapism while I take a break from actual reality.
DANCING WITH THE STARS - “One-Hit Wonders Night” - “Dancing with the Stars” brings some of music’s most iconic singles to the ballroom floor, when all 14 couples perform to songs from artists known for one unforgettable hit. TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney/Eric McCandless)
HILARIA BALDWIN, GLEB SAVCHENKO
I’ve been offended by Jimmy Kimmel. Who cares?
Jimmy Kimmel and many others have used the First Amendment to be as truthful or tasteless as possible. It’s never gotten them fired.
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. ET and features a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for Tuesday, September 23 included Glen Powell (“Chad Powers”), and musical guest Sarah McLachlan. (Disney/Randy Holmes)
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A heart attack changed her life. She hopes her story changes yours.
Women experience heart attacks differently than men and often dismiss the symptoms. “It’s a cautionary tale, frankly,” said my friend who had one at 44.
Boats, beaches and Black joy on the bay: A hidden history resurfaces in Shady Side
The charming waterfront Captain Avery Museum created an exhibit about marginalized communities on the Chesapeake as a companion to a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian.
Alice Ennals, left, and Darlene Washington contributed their experiences to the Captain Avery Museum's "Buyboats to Beaches" exhibit in Shady Side.
Watching ‘Downton Abbey’ as the world burns is more timely than you think
"Downton Abbey" is about a world different from the one we're living in. But watching it now is both escapist and instructive.
(L to R) Laura Carmichael stars as Lady Edith, Hugh Bonneville as Robert Grantham, Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Grantham and Harry Hadden-Paton as Bertie Hexham in DOWNTON ABBEY: The Grand Finale, a Focus Features release.

Credit: Rory Mulvey / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
‘Becoming Thurgood’ lets viewers hear from Baltimore’s legal legend — in his own words
"Becoming Thurgood," streaming on PBS, fills in the blanks that made Baltimore's Thurgood Marshall an icon, and informs our current frightening moment.
Thurgood Marshall stands in front of the Supreme Court in 1958.
What season is it anyway?
You’re not alone in feeling confused by what to do for fashion, food and fun as Maryland and its unpredictable weather enters false fall.
I was prepared to hate ‘The Paper,’ a spinoff of ‘The Office.’ I was wrong.
When Peacock first announced “The Paper,” a newsroom-themed spin-off of “The Office” about a dying Midwest publication, I was not pleased one bit. That changed.
THE PAPER -- Episode 102 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alex Edelman as Adam, Gbemisola Ikumelo as Adelola, Domhnall Gleeson as Ned, Melvin Gregg as Detrick -- (Photo by: Aaron Epstein/PEACOCK)
Parents: It’s OK if back to school looks more blooper reel than Instagram reel
The first week of school goes by airport rules — anything goes as long as they get there.
A young woman of color student struggles to carry a large heavy backpack conceptual
He didn’t see anyone who looked like him at the circus, so he created one of his own
Cedric Walker created the UniverSoul Circus so that kids growing up in places like his native West Baltimore could see themselves reflected in joyous things.
Performers on stilts dance across the stage while one breathes fire during the UniverSoul Circus Caribbean Carnival act at a show in Baltimore.
She’s photographing her Baltimore neighborhood walks as an exercise in mental health
Nichole Morris' goal is to walk through — and photograph — each of Baltimore’s 250-plus neighborhoods not only as a physical record but as a mental health exercise.
In Otterbein. The woman with the dog: This was the only home not hidden in shadow. In the time it took to unlock my phone, the woman and her dog came into the frame as if to bring the street to life.
He built a career in mental health. He bought a School of Rock to help his own.
Andrew Walen’s journey took him from music to mental health and back again. Fatherhood and The School of Rock brought him full circle.
Former therapist Andrew Walen now owns School of Rock Pikesville.
Books are having a moment. So why are we getting rid of book criticism?
The Associated Press announced they are ending their book reviews. What does that mean for our culture?
A pattern of books with some of them open. The books are of different sizes and colors. The pattern is made up of various books stacked on top of each other
Grieving ‘And Just Like That...,’ the show that could’ve been
‘And Just Like That...’ could have been a relatable, aspirational look at middle age if it didn’t get in its own way.
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker
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A Ravens fan wanted to sell her tickets after Harbaugh’s Trump visit. Then the phone rang.
A diehard Ravens fan almost sold her season ticketss over Coach John Harbaugh’s Trump White House visit. A call with a team executive changed her mind.
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh.
Kamala Harris doesn’t owe us anything
Kamala Harris wants to fight tyranny from outside an elected office, but that's not good enough for some people.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on the July 31 episode of "The Late Show."
My vacation threw off my healthy eating. Here’s how to get back on track.
After eating healthier, I had a little too much fun with food in New Orleans. A registered dietitian explains how to get back on track after a vacation.
Illustration of feet on a weighing scale surrounded by various fruits symbolizing health and diet
I’ve been widowed for 10 years. This is what his death taught me about life.
Grief, faith, time and therapy have taught me it’s OK to be OK, or even really good, just as much as it was OK not to be OK in the thick of mourning my late husband.
Columnist Leslie Streeter with her late husband Scott Zervitz on their wedding day in 2010 in Palm Beach, Fla.
Why one mass overdose won’t be the last — and what we’re missing that got us here
Baltimore has been roiled by the news of mass overdoses. One recovery worker and recovered addict says the truth is found behind the headlines.
An overdose victim is treated in the triage area near Penn North metro station after Baltimore Police and Baltimore City Fire ⁩respond to a call for multiple people experiencing overdose symptoms at the intersection of Pennsylvania & North avenues in West Baltimore on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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